Triton XIX, Lot: 2448. Estimate $300. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Travancore. Tulabharam Issues. ME 1035-1055 / AD 1860-1880. AV Quarter Pagoda (11mm, 0.63 g, 12h). Struck circa 1870-1931. Śri Padmanabha Shanku (conch) within wreath / Śri/Padma/nabha in three lines in Malyalam; all within wreath. KM (X) 9 (KM M9); Friedberg 1417. EF. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Mortimer Hammel Collection (Stack’s, 16 September 1982), lot 1010 (part of).